Chuck Hagel: “my main criteria will be to ensure that DOD investments enhance readiness and warfighting effectiveness and increase our…”

This is so unpredictable. And we've never seen anything quite like this in our lifetime, so there is no playbook here.

Not everyone at the White House has agreed with me.

Because I had the responsibility and I play my own game here. And that is because by law, I am the one official in government charged with certification with release of detainees. I take that responsibility very seriously.

Our nuclear deterrent plays a critical role in assuring U.S. national security.